Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu, which is about 2,400 miles from the coast of California. In 1941, Pearl Harbor became the headquarters for the U. ... more than anyone and he was still the architect on the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... The British attacked the Taranto harbor in Italy which disabled about half of Italy’s battleships, and that made Yamamoto want to attack more than he expected to. ... Japanese forces had to travel about 3,394 miles to attack Pearl Harbor. ... Onishi thought it would be too hard to send torpedoes through the shallow water around Pearl Harbor. ... On the morning of December 7, at 3:30 am, Japanese crew members got into their submarines and headed toward Pearl Harbor. ... Ward attacked the submarine outside the harbor. ... At that time 183 planes took off and arrived at Pearl Harbor within ten minutes.